Combined game and toy



Oct. 14 1924. 1,511,381

M.E.TYNES COMBINED GAME] AND TOY Filed Feb. 1. 1924 Patented Oct. 14,192%.

MINOR EUGENE TYNES, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CGMBINED GAME AND TOY.

Application filed February 1, 1924. Serial No. 689,953.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MINOR E. TYNns, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Combined Game and Toy, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to games and toys and more particularly to chancecontrolled games.

The object of the invention is to provide a'gravity'operated toy toactuate means for projecting playing pieces into pockets.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which arotary sweep is mounted to travel from one end to the other of a supportand in the path of which is located means for propelling playing piecesso that the device performs the function of both a toy and a game.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in scribed and claimed, it being understoodthat changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation partly in section and with partsbroken out of a device embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated a base board 1 is shown which may be ofany desired configuration being here shown circular and having anupstanding flange 2 at its perimeter. This board is made concave on itsupper face and has a centrally disposed boss l through which a boreextends terminating in a recess 5 formed in the lower face of the board.A standard 6 extends through said boss and is secured by lock nuts 7 and8 located above and below the board respectively, the recess 5 forming ahousing for nut 8.

The standard 6 which may be of any desired height is equipped at itsupper end with an eye 9 which forms a hand-grip for moving the devicefrom place to place and for steadying it when required.

A coiled wire 10 is wound around the standard 6 being connected at oneend to the loop or eye 9 and at its other end to the the details ofconstruction hereinafter de'-- standard. This coil 10 is constructed ofheavy wire, the pitch of the spiral being varied to increase or diminishthe speed of rotation of a sweep designed to travel thereon.

This sweep comprises a rod 15 bowed midway the ends thereof and providedwith a laterally extending loop 16, the members of which preferably liein contact with each other and the loop is designed to be entered in thespirals of the coil 10 and to travel thereon, said spirals operating asa track for the sweep. The ends of the rod 15 are pivotally engaged withFigures 17 and 1.8 which may be of any desired shape, a man on horsebackbeing here shown. These figures are pivotally mounted above theircenters of gravity so that they will automatically assume uprightpositions. As shown, one figure is mounted on one side of the sweep andthe other on the opposite side sothat they will be properly balanced. Itis of course understood that the parts will all be so positioned thatthe sweep when the loop 16 is inserted in one of the spirals of thecoil, will balance perfectly upon the coiled wire and will extendapproximately at right angles thereto.

Loosely mounted on the lower end of the standard 6 is a winged membercomposed of a piece of wire bent to form downwardly inclined divergingwings 11 with coils 13 and 14 formed at the top and bottom of the wingsand which loosely engage the standard. in L-shaped arm 12 is carried bythe upper coil 13 the short arm 12 of which projects laterally at rightangles to the standard while the long arm 12 extends upward and islocated in the path of the rotary sweep so that when said sweep reachesa predetermined point in its descent it will engage the arm 12 androtate the winged member which operates playing pieces 19 to throw themoutward over the board with a view to causing them to enter pockets 20formed in board 1. These playing pieces 19 are shown in the form ofmarbles which when placed on the board will gravitate to the centerthereof and when struck by the wings 11 will be thrown out over theboard and some of them at least will enter the pockets 20.

Six pockets 20 are here shown numbered consecutively from 1 to 6.

In the use of this device the marbles 19 are placed on the board andowing to its ward by gravity along the spiral track 10 gaining speed asit moves so that when it reaches the point where the arm 12 is'locatedin the path thereof it will carry said arm'with it"and swiftly'revolvethe Winged member "connected with said arni causing said wings to'engagethe marbles 19 and throw them out over the board into the pockets 20.The object of the gameisto get "as'many of the marbles into the pocketsas possible the scorecounting according to the numbers on the pockets inwhich the marbles are thrown, for instance if three marbles enterpockets 2, 3 and 4 the score will -jbe nine.' c

When the sweep reaches the limit of its downward movement theloop 16 islifted out of engagement with the coiled wire and replacedat. the top ofthe stand readyfor the next trip. Any number of trips may be madeaccording to the rules governing the game. i

"I claim:

1'." Abase board having pockets,- a standard rising therefrom, a memberrotatable DIl said standar'd and having wings extending over said boardadjacenttheretma rotat'ablegravity member adapted to travel 'onsaidstandard, and means carried by said first mentioned rotatable member andex- Lending into the path of said gravity mem-' on said boarddn the pathof said wings whereby they "are moved over the: board with a view toentering said pockets.

A base board having a concave upper face with pockets located adjacentits pe-1meter, a standard rising centrallyfro n said board, a member.mounted loosely oiil saild standard and having laterally extending wingslocated in p i y h b m .an arm extending up a d m I a a Im m berandspacedlaterally from said standa-rd and a rotatable gravity memberadapted to travel on'said standard and engage sa dai m whereby thewinged member is rotated with the gravity member, and playing piecsto blocated on the board in the th b winged member. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my owinl' have hereto afi ixed'iny signature in the presence of two witnesses;

M' -NoaEneENnT-r @ns,

